OXM - Four-player RPG-shooter Fuse is the subject of some controversy, thanks to Insomniac's decision to dispense with the light-hearted tone that characterised the reveal trailer. The backlash is justified - there are far too many unsmiling shooters on Xbox 360 - but we're in danger of overlooking the quality of the results.
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Ahmed from eXputer writes "Video game leaks have become a major cause of concern for Triple-A studios, as they're becoming increasingly malicious and dangerous."
In a leaked Sony Interactive Entertainment presentation, the company declares that including first-party games on PS Plus has had a “big” effect on “traditional sales.” As an example, the company mentioned that Horizon Forbidden West‘s sales “flat-lined” immediately after being added to PS Plus.
Also really interesting to see through to one of the sites they link to (Resetera) that the 2 cross gen titles in Miles Morales and Ghosts of Tsushima sold over 40% each of their first year in year 2, almost double what even the best performing games like GOW 2018 and Spider-Man did. Kinda seeing the cold hard numbers makes it really clear why they did cross gen games and remastered some of the later PS4 games to PS5 Directors Cuts.
"“In year 1, Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West were very comparable,” the presentation reads. “HFW was included into PS Plus at the start of Year 2. HFW saw an enormous influx of PS Plus players, but at the cost of flat-lining the game activations from retail sales.”"
So, the data shows there were fewer traditional sales, but it doesn't show us anything about how many people joined PS+? It does say there was an influx of HFW players, but it doesn't state how many of these players owned PS+ to begin with.
To conclude that it negatively sales is correct, but it doesn't mean less money is made. We cannot draw that conclusion until we know how many more people joined PS+ because of HFW.
MS's bet is that although it lowers traditional sales, it makes the services more appealing and millions of new people will subscribe if they see that good games are added to the service. And in the end, the subscription profit (not revenue) will outpace that of the traditional sales.
However even after 6 years they still haven't reached that point lmao
I wish them well but I fear the overcrowded shooter market may hurt them. The RPG elements may make the game more interesting than your typical shooter.
Yeah insomniac is a super creative studio so I will play it but I hope it does well
I hope Fuse is a good game.
Not feeling this one either.
I'm not that excited for this game because I know Insomniac can do better than this. I'm probably the biggest Resistance fan on this website and I love that franchise to death for it's atmosphere, unique gameplay, and enemy designs. It has a really great universe and lore. Its weird to see them make a game like Fuse that really doesn't have any personality